Monday, October 1, 2012

“Philosophy Discussions Online: How to Make them Productive, Effective and Efficient”

The American Association
of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT) invites proposals for its session
“Philosophy Discussions Online: How to Make them Productive, Effective
and Efficient” at the upcoming Pacific APA meeting in San Francisco from
March 27 to 31, 2013.

Papers
are solicited that present ways to achieve meaningful online
discussions in either Philosophy courses taught completely online or in
traditional Philosophy courses with an online-discussion component.
Specific case examples that use formats such as discussion threads,
blogs, wikis, chat rooms, or even argument mapping software are welcome.
Reference to particular pedagogic theories and/or approaches that
ground the instructor’s way of handling discussion would also be much
appreciated.

Submissions
are encouraged from teachers at all levels of university and college
teaching—that is, teachers of Philosophy courses in 2-year and 4-year
programs as well as in MA and PhD programs.

Proposals
should be of presentations that are no more than 20 minutes; are
oriented towards the practical implementation of the ideas presented;
and preferably, are interactive with the audience. Presentations may be
made by individuals or by panels.

The
AAPT two-hour session will be composed of three 20-minute presentations
followed by one hour of discussion with the audience.

Proposals should be no longer than 300 words and should be submitted in either Word or PDF format to Bill Anelli at anellib@mjc.edu and Tziporah Kasachkoff at tkasachkoff@yahoo.com.

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